Miles Winter Roberts: Guitar and Vocals.
Tom Pilling: Piano and Keys.
Roberto Ares: Drums and Percussion.
Matt Radford: Double Bass.
Gordon Mills: Drums
All songs written by MWR.
Influences
Carole King, Jose Feliciano, JJ Cale, Neil Diamond, Nat King Cole, Elton John (Yellow Brick Road era), Trini Lopez!, Sinatra (Frank and Nancy), Nancy and Lee!, Bacharach, Rodrigo, Rodriguez!, Tim Hardin, Peter Sarstedt, Van Morrison, James Taylor, Joni Mitchel (Blue), Keziah Jones, Tony Joe White, Eagles, Beatles and Stones, The Band, Bob Dylan, Chris Smither, Bonnie Raitt, Dr John, Harry Nielsen, Paul Simon.
Sounds Like
Full Name: Miles Winter Roberts - Singer/Songwriter
Origin: UK. However, was raised in Ibiza and spent years in Hamburg from where he discovered Eastern Europe and the Rivieras. An International through and through.
Previous bands: Miles From Nowhere, Whiskey Smile, The Wandering Hands. (Who!?) Got very involved in Pinky Poos Are your parents still together? in London. THE innovative open mic/acoustic performance show for about 7 years. Every Tuesday. (One night a week. Thats a whole year of life. Eek!) Performed with fantastic players there: Kevin Armstrong, Blair McKeachan, JC001, Keziah Jones, and more
Released 'Shoo-Lallelujah . . .' in 2000 on his own label, Chocolate Box. It featured Spanish guitarist Stephen Dunphy and was instrumental in getting his songs widely spread around. Recorded live, in Mono, on Mini Disk in a Basement Bar in Bayswater, this album went all around the world to surprising response!
Live Performances:
Ronnie Scotts, Café de Paris, Café Royal: London
Cutting Room, Back Fence, The Under Score: NYC
Sopot Festival: Poland (1st place), Çesme Festival: Turkey (1st place)
Grosse Freiheit, Logo, Musikhalle, Kaiserkeller: Hamburg
The Casino of Ibiza with Nina van Pallant of Nina and Frederik.
and a thousand or so bar gigs - too many to mention!
Bizarrest Situation? (Amongst many...;-):
Meeting heroes Johnny Cash and José Feliciano on the same day. . . in Poland!
Other:
Worked with The Big Issue in support of the homeless. Conceived and Hosted their 15th Birthday Celebrations at the Shepherds Bush Empire in Sept '06, featuring The Magic Numbers. 'Dont Lose Your Home' by Winter Roberts donated to the foundation and became the first ever free download for the Big Issue. See blogs above for more.
Hiya, Hope you are well. I wanted to let you know that, my single 'Lost Innocence' is out now. You can get it from itunes, and on cd and limited edition vinyl
We hope to chart this week and every single sale counts, it would be great if you would buy the single, that would be fantastic, and even better in all 3 formats! Your support is much appreciated!!!
Hey we just added 4 songs... RAIN...CIGGS AND ALC...LEAVING (harder).... AND U MAKE ME SICK...(harder) We would love to hear your feedback on these. Thanks PENGEA
Actually you beat me to it because I was just going to comment and thank you for the shout out at the Regal Room last night - it was such a lovely surprise when you arrived on stage. Shalalalala was as fabulous as ever and you always look good to me
All is going along fine here - well you could say Everythings Ok !!!!!!!
We met at The Grey Horse in Kingston on Sunday 7th June when my son's band Bommerillo were playing in the the back room and then he came out and did a song in the bar.
Really enjoyed your set and your selection of songs and look forward to seeing you again soon.
Practicing for your upcoming gigs then? :) I have been working :) I do support work for people living with disability and also befriending with kids :) Now i am home and going to catch up on boy meets world and other joys!!!! Have fun ar your gigs :) Love n hugs Linda xxxx
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